Capital's Sevens madness

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Sights of the Sevens 2010

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MAD HATTERS: Fez-wearing fans having fun in the stands.

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Along the waterfront, through the streets, in the bars and in Westpac Stadium, the sight was the same – a seething mix of the weird, wonderful and wacky.

Well before yesterday's 1pm start at the NZI Sevens, the city was overrun by fans in outfits ranging from super heroes and cartoon characters to adult babies and Arabs.

There were more Tiger Woods than you could shake a nine-iron at, clowns behaving badly, men in women's clothes and women in hardly any clothes.

Courtney Smith, Danni Raynes and Hayley Gowlans made the most of Air New Zealand's free kissing booth.

The airline promotion involved handing out Mardi Gras-style beads to people who could exchange them for kisses – from both kissing booth staff and other willing lips.

The three Wellingtonians exchanged their beads for kisses from friendly on-duty cops.

Ms Gowlans and Ms Raynes managed to connect only with police cheeks, but one officer copped a kiss on the lips from Ms Smith.

"I love hot cops.

"They have been awesome, they're so stoked, they love it."

High alcohol prices encouraged some fans to sneak drinks into the event.

One woman told Fairfax The Dominion Post that she and many of her group of 30 friends smuggled spirits in water bottles.

"They [security] didn't even unscrew them to check for alcohol.

"We can't afford to pay for alcohol the whole day. I'm unemployed."

Wellington man John Paradise said, "Everyone that I know has been successful [sneaking alcohol in] ... they didn't check me at all, they just said `Hi, give me your ticket'. I could have come in with a keg under my clothes."

Amy Mathieson, of Auckland, said she had seen people in the women's toilets removing hip flasks from duct tape strapped to their legs.

Fine weather is forecast again today with temperatures in the 20s.

But not everyone had a fun time at the stadium: the five men featured in last Saturday's Dominion Post wearing chilly bins were turned away at the gates. Andrew Eastwood said they were told the cooler boxes worn around their waists were deemed too big.

Stadium operations manager Mark Nunn said about 30 to 35 people had been turned away mostly because their costumes were too big or dangerous.

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